Michigan Laws 397.573 – Needs considered by state board in carrying out powers and duties
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The department shall consider the following needs in carrying out its powers and duties:
(a) Library facilities shall be provided to residents of the area covered by a cooperative library without needless duplication of facilities, resources, or expertise.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 397.573
- Cooperative library: means the library or service center designated by a cooperative board to execute services established by a cooperative plan and provided to libraries participating in a cooperative. See Michigan Laws 397.552
- Department: means the department of history, arts, and libraries. See Michigan Laws 397.552
- Public library: means a library that is lawfully established for free public purposes by 1 or more counties, cities, townships, villages, school districts, or other local governments or a combination thereof, or by a public or local act, the entire interests of which belong to the general public. See Michigan Laws 397.552
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(b) Establishment of a local public library may be approved for state aid purposes where local conditions require an additional local public library.
(c) Existing public libraries and new public libraries shall cooperate to provide adequate library services at a reasonable cost.
(d) Increased effort shall be made to provide residents the right to read, with added emphasis on areas which normally cannot provide those services.
(e) Local responsibility, initiative, and support for library service shall be recognized and respected when provision is made for adequate local and cooperative library service.